[Scla-list] Invitation to Host Circuit Riders Workshop

Fri Jan 22 09:16:15 MST 2010

 Dear Fellow Librarians,

The USC School of Law librarians are getting ready to hit the road again with our Circuit Riders Outreach program. Our goal is to visit all 16 judicial circuits in SC to teach non-law librarians and their staff about legal resources available to their patrons. 

The purpose of this e-mail is to solicit host sites for the first round of our all-day workshops. A typical agenda is included below. If you cannot accommodate an all-day event, we will adjust our program to meet your needs (minimum ½ day workshop). In the past, host libraries were responsible for inviting their own staff and those of surrounding public and academic libraries to attend the workshops. A sample announcement is included below. 

The webpage for past workshops is located at http://www.law.sc.edu/library/research_aids/circuit_riders/ <http://www.law.sc.edu/library/research_aids/circuit_riders/> . We are in the process of updating and revising our presentation materials and hope to end our tour by presenting each host library with their own print manuals. We also plan to redesign our webpage to include a pdf version of the manual alongside web videos of each presentation.

We have five openings in our schedule for the first round of workshops (See Proposed Schedule). Please contact me at conroyt at law.sc.edu <mailto:conroyt at law.sc.edu>  or 803-777-1659 if you are interested in hosting a workshop on one of the available dates below.

We look forward to your responses and to working with you to provide access to legal information to all South Carolinians.

With Best Regards,

Terrye Conroy
Program Coordinator

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Proposed Schedule

February 26th:   Available

March 26th:       Florence County Library

April 30th:           Available

May 28th:           Available

June 11th:          Available

July 30th:              Available

August 6th:        Anderson County Library
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Agenda
10:00-10:30                 Overview of the Legal System
10:30-11:00                 Librarians and the Unauthorized Practice of Law 

11:00-12:00                 Legislative Branch Resources

12:00-1:30                   LUNCH

1:30-2:00                     Executive Branch Resources

2:00-3:00                     Judicial Branch Resources 

3:00-3:15                     Break                                      

3:15-4:00                     Secondary Sources & Collection Development      

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Sample Announcement
The Circuit Riders Outreach Program is coming to ________. Circuit Riders is an all-day workshop designed to teach non-law librarians basic legal research skills. The goal of the workshop, conducted by law librarians from the University of South Carolina School of Law, is to promote public access to legal information in South Carolina by introducing public and academic librarians to the legal research process and the many resources available to their patrons. The workshop includes an overview of our legal system along with resources available through the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, as well as advice on collection development and conducting legal reference without giving legal advice.

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